Max Weber: An ethic of responsibility as a
... convictions and the good intentions, ignoring the real consequences of ones actions and showing no readiness to take responsibility for the undesirable results of actions taken with the right intentions.”1 “The politician cannot be satisfied with merely intending to do the right thing. He must also ...
... convictions and the good intentions, ignoring the real consequences of ones actions and showing no readiness to take responsibility for the undesirable results of actions taken with the right intentions.”1 “The politician cannot be satisfied with merely intending to do the right thing. He must also ...
Using Case Studies to Teach Business Ethics in a High
... categorical = universal, no exceptions imperative = duty ...
... categorical = universal, no exceptions imperative = duty ...
Virtue Ethics
... must look at the upbringing, education and behaviour of people on a day-to-day basis. ...
... must look at the upbringing, education and behaviour of people on a day-to-day basis. ...
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... hear and breathe, and [we] never know any reason why the [morals] are what they are. The justification of them is that when we wake to consciousness of life we find the facts which already hold us in the bonds of tradition, custom and habit.” ...
... hear and breathe, and [we] never know any reason why the [morals] are what they are. The justification of them is that when we wake to consciousness of life we find the facts which already hold us in the bonds of tradition, custom and habit.” ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... Rule Utilitarianism says that one should always do whatever type of act or follow the rule that will create the greatest happiness for the greater number of people. Thus, rule utilitarianism suggests that a pattern or rule of abusing individuals for the sake of the common good is not right. ...
... Rule Utilitarianism says that one should always do whatever type of act or follow the rule that will create the greatest happiness for the greater number of people. Thus, rule utilitarianism suggests that a pattern or rule of abusing individuals for the sake of the common good is not right. ...
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... it is not only doing what the law requires of us; and it is not merely doing what the prevailing social norms require of us. Consider those who try to decide what is right and what is wrong by consulting their "gut feelings" - their conscience. The first problem such a person would encounter when fa ...
... it is not only doing what the law requires of us; and it is not merely doing what the prevailing social norms require of us. Consider those who try to decide what is right and what is wrong by consulting their "gut feelings" - their conscience. The first problem such a person would encounter when fa ...
Set 6: Kantian Ethics
... MORAL DUTIES & OBLIGATIONS Kant focuses on what we ought to do, the moral duties that should guide our decision-making. • Even if the consequences are undesirable— unpleasant or even horrific—moral duty rules. • No exceptions! This bugs his critics! ...
... MORAL DUTIES & OBLIGATIONS Kant focuses on what we ought to do, the moral duties that should guide our decision-making. • Even if the consequences are undesirable— unpleasant or even horrific—moral duty rules. • No exceptions! This bugs his critics! ...
Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying Sulmasy, Daniel
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
Introduction to Medical Ethics
... • At one extreme, you might shoot old people if that brought about more resources for a greater number of younger people. • Overall benefit often has an unequal distribution and sacrifices some for the benefit of others. ...
... • At one extreme, you might shoot old people if that brought about more resources for a greater number of younger people. • Overall benefit often has an unequal distribution and sacrifices some for the benefit of others. ...
What is Morality --
... What is moral reasoning? The morally right things to do is whatever there are the best reasons for doing. The facts of the case support our reasoning for a particular choice being right. ...
... What is moral reasoning? The morally right things to do is whatever there are the best reasons for doing. The facts of the case support our reasoning for a particular choice being right. ...
Ethics Chapter 3
... personal morality cannot be separated from business morality so, if a behavior is virtuous in the individual’s life, the behavior is virtuous in his business life as well. ...
... personal morality cannot be separated from business morality so, if a behavior is virtuous in the individual’s life, the behavior is virtuous in his business life as well. ...
Stace on ethical absolutism
... the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or vice versa. However, if E.R. is right, then these sorts of statements are unintelligible. They are incapable of rational discussion. (Stace’ ...
... the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or vice versa. However, if E.R. is right, then these sorts of statements are unintelligible. They are incapable of rational discussion. (Stace’ ...
Lectures 6-7 Deontological & Consequential Ethics
... The constraint that the second formula imposes is that the maxim of an action must be such that any other free and rational person can adopt it. Treating humanity as an end in itself is, for Kant, respecting our capacity for free and rational choice; in his term, it is respecting our autonomy. I am ...
... The constraint that the second formula imposes is that the maxim of an action must be such that any other free and rational person can adopt it. Treating humanity as an end in itself is, for Kant, respecting our capacity for free and rational choice; in his term, it is respecting our autonomy. I am ...
Lectures 14-15: Deontological & Consequential Ethics
... The constraint that the second formula imposes is that the maxim of an action must be such that any other free and rational person can adopt it. Treating humanity as an end in itself is, for Kant, respecting our capacity for free and rational choice; in his term, it is respecting our autonomy. I am ...
... The constraint that the second formula imposes is that the maxim of an action must be such that any other free and rational person can adopt it. Treating humanity as an end in itself is, for Kant, respecting our capacity for free and rational choice; in his term, it is respecting our autonomy. I am ...
it is the right thing to do.
... happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot simply identify pleasure with good and evil with pain. Mi ...
... happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot simply identify pleasure with good and evil with pain. Mi ...
The Ethics of Dove`s “Beauty Patch” Campaign
... What are the long- and short-term consequences of this commercial for the beauty company, the beauty industry, the viewers of this ad campaign, and the overall society? ...
... What are the long- and short-term consequences of this commercial for the beauty company, the beauty industry, the viewers of this ad campaign, and the overall society? ...
Building Trust Through Good Decision Making
... than the very best in everything we do. We will continue to raise the bar for everyone. The great fun here will be for all of us to discover just how good we can really be. ...
... than the very best in everything we do. We will continue to raise the bar for everyone. The great fun here will be for all of us to discover just how good we can really be. ...
Ethics Presentation
... good and helps all participate more fully in the goods we share as a society, as a community, as a company or agency, as a family? • Virtue: Which option would enable the deepening or development of those virtues or traits that we value as individuals, as a profession, or as a society? ...
... good and helps all participate more fully in the goods we share as a society, as a community, as a company or agency, as a family? • Virtue: Which option would enable the deepening or development of those virtues or traits that we value as individuals, as a profession, or as a society? ...
File - onlyprogrammerz
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...
Kants ethics and suicide show
... For Kant the only acceptable motive for moral action was a sense of duty. ...
... For Kant the only acceptable motive for moral action was a sense of duty. ...
Ethical subjectivism, also called moral subjectivism, is a
... moral truths are determined on an individual.It holds that there are no objective moral properties and that ethical statements are illogical because they do not express immutable truths. This makes ethical subjectivism a form of cognitivism. People have different opinions, but where morality is conc ...
... moral truths are determined on an individual.It holds that there are no objective moral properties and that ethical statements are illogical because they do not express immutable truths. This makes ethical subjectivism a form of cognitivism. People have different opinions, but where morality is conc ...
FAML 430 Week 12.doc - I
... the personal consequences of behavior. b. Conventional level refers to the middle of Kohlberg’s stages in which the individual can look beyond personal consequences and consider others’ ...
... the personal consequences of behavior. b. Conventional level refers to the middle of Kohlberg’s stages in which the individual can look beyond personal consequences and consider others’ ...
Moral Reasoning
... theoretically allows individuals freedom to believe as they will and to live according to their beliefs The question for modern/post-modern society is whether American pluralism depends on certain fundamental beliefs to survive. Could relativism kill American ...
... theoretically allows individuals freedom to believe as they will and to live according to their beliefs The question for modern/post-modern society is whether American pluralism depends on certain fundamental beliefs to survive. Could relativism kill American ...
pragmatism and relativism
... Moral relativism rejects that there are any universal and absolute moral principles that apply to everybody everywhere at all times. This belief can have different motivations. Some people argue based on epistemological considerations that there is no proper ‘knowledge’ of moral rules. Moral rules a ...
... Moral relativism rejects that there are any universal and absolute moral principles that apply to everybody everywhere at all times. This belief can have different motivations. Some people argue based on epistemological considerations that there is no proper ‘knowledge’ of moral rules. Moral rules a ...
Consequentialism
Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission from acting) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence. In an extreme form, the idea of consequentialism is commonly encapsulated in the English saying, ""the ends justify the means"", meaning that if a goal is morally important enough, any method of achieving it is acceptable.Consequentialism is usually contrasted with deontological ethics (or deontology), in that deontology, in which rules and moral duty are central, derives the rightness or wrongness of one's conduct from the character of the behaviour itself rather than the outcomes of the conduct. It is also contrasted with virtue ethics, which focuses on the character of the agent rather than on the nature or consequences of the act (or omission) itself, and pragmatic ethics which treats morality like science: advancing socially over the course of many lifetimes, such that any moral criterion is subject to revision. Consequentialist theories differ in how they define moral goods.Some argue that consequentialist and deontological theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, T. M. Scanlon advances the idea that human rights, which are commonly considered a ""deontological"" concept, can only be justified with reference to the consequences of having those rights. Similarly, Robert Nozick argues for a theory that is mostly consequentialist, but incorporates inviolable ""side-constraints"" which restrict the sort of actions agents are permitted to do.